Das Werkstatt

[GOAL]
To find a good set of test tools to run different benchmarks for the purpose of testing new motherboards and their components to get plausible and as exact as possible results, in combination with the ability to compare settings to information uploaded by other users to verify integrity and kill the possibility of wrong measurements. *breath*

Phoronix Test Suite:
http://www.linux.com/feature/138463

List of Benchmark Tools:
http://www.opensourcetesting.org/performance.php

The Phoronix Test Suite looks EXACTLY like the thing we want/need, and will be included in repositories for Ubuntu starting version 9.04

It runs benchmarks in batch automated - RAM, CPU, GFX tests, also Software tests (Apache Benchmarks, OpenSSH signs per second, ...) and outputs nice statistics, of course also graphically in vector formats.

It comes with a LOT of predefined test sets, and also has the ability to share information of benchmarked systems in a database for comparison of the outcome. Great to see how good a machine REALLY performs compared to other platforms/hardware pieces.

I will work into this and try to make a Ubuntu 9.04 installatin with the Phoronix Test Suite on an USB stick to be able to build systems and test them FAST by just booting from the stick and tell it to do all benchmarks

Tho, it might probably be a better idea to use a SATA Disk for this, so the USB I/O doesn't bottleneck and change the test results in some ways.... hmmmm *pondering*